Clothes-line fastener.



J. G. SQHLENTER. CLOTHES LINEPASTBNER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 25. 1907.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

clothes-line fasteners of that class in which is a side elevation of: the same, the support directed, the down a fuILclear, and exact description of the inuse the same.

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a rust resisting material are in readines to be ment of on op osite sides of a lever 7 the upwardly JOHN G. SGHLENTER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

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To aZZ whom it may concern: Be it known that I, JOHN G. SCHLENTER, citizen of the United States, residin at T0- ledo, in the countyof Lucas and tate of Ohio have invented certain new and .useful Im rovements in Clothes Line Fasteners; and I do herebydeclare-the following to be vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichi t, appertains to make and This invention relates to improvements in the line is directed over one end of a pivoted lever and securely gripped by the opposite.

The invention has for it object to provide a simplified .and .impr ved construction whereby the cost of manufacture is reduced to a minimum, the device comprising two simple castings which after being coated with assembledfor'the market.

The invention embodies certain novelties of construction and the details and arrangearts hereinafter shown, "described and speciiicallyclaimed, V

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the device; Fig. 2 is a front view in en'- larged detail of the complete fastener; Fig. 3'

ing body plate for the ivoted lever being in vertical section; and *ig. 4 is a rearview of the supporting plate.

Referring to the details, 1 is a cast metal body plate adapted. to be secured to a support and the same is provided. with a slot 2 entering from the top margin and extending to approximately the center of the body plate, and 3 ands are indentationsin the rear face of the late 1 on opposite sides of the slot 2. The indentations 3 and 4 are ada ted to receive laterally extending lugs 5 an 6 exten ing arm 8 of wliich is provided at its end with a notch .9 through wh ch a lme 13 W bein d ped Peeler I Specification of Letters Patent. Application and November 25, rpm. Serial no. 403,676.

Patented Sept. 29, 1908.

line between .it and the late 1 adjacent to the pivotal connection 0 the lever with the plate.

11 is a supplemental hook upon the lever 7,

the. same extending directly outward from the pivotal connection of the lever with the late 1 and serving as an attaching means or a line where the latter is secured 'at a plurality of oints. By providing the hook upon the ever at a point directly outward from the pivotal connection of the lever, the

operation of the lever as a astener is-hot interferred with, as will be a parent.

In assembling the device the lever 7 is (ii-.

rected through anti along the slot 2,as indi.

cated in dotted lirfes, Eig. 3, to cause the lugs 5 and 6 to seat in the indentations 3 and 4. When the two parts are thus assembled the plate 1 is secured to a sup ort and the lever is then secure from detac ment;

It is thus seen that the device consists of bled in pivotal relation-without'the requirement of any machine work thereon.

a The operation of the device as a fasteni vmeans for a clothes-line will be understoo from the drawings when taken with the foregoing descri tion: l

Having escribed my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

In a clothes-line fastener, a body plate having a slot extending-into the margin thereof and provided with indentations in its rear face on (apposite sides of the slot, and a lever provide at a central point with oppositely extending lateral lugs adapted to seat inlsaidindentations, the u per arm of said lever being adapted to guide a line and the lower arm to clamp the line against the-body "plate, and a'hook upon thelever extending directly outward from thedugs thereon, substantially asdes'cribed.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN G. SCHLENTEKE.

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